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Omaha Steve

(107,162 posts) Sun Sep 7, 2025, 05:53 AM Sep 7

Powerball lottery players in Missouri and Texas to split estimated $1.8 billion jackpot

Source: AP

Updated 11:47 PM CDT, September 6, 2025

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Powerball players in Missouri and Texas won the estimated $1.8 billion jackpot on Saturday, overcoming astronomical odds to end the lottery game’s three-month drought without a big winner.

The winning numbers were 11, 23, 44, 61, and 62, with the Powerball number being 17.

The prize, which was the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot in history, followed 41 consecutive drawings in which no one matched all six numbers. The last drawing with a jackpot winner happened May 31.

Powerball’s terrible odds of 1 in 292.2 million are designed to generate big jackpots, with prizes growing as they roll over when no one wins. Lottery officials note that the odds are far better for the game’s many smaller prizes. There are three drawings each week.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/powerball-jackpot-drawing-winner-4261a3909c9e01dacc0869c50030e198

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Powerball lottery players in Missouri and Texas to split estimated $1.8 billion jackpot (Original Post) Omaha Steve Sep 7 OP

61 62 RandiFan1290 Sep 7 #1

Once one number is picked, there are 2 chances to pick a number on either side. bucolic_frolic Sep 7 #2

Thank you for the reply! RandiFan1290 Sep 7 #3

I wonder how many tens of millions emptied out their meager checking and savings accts. wolfie001 Sep 7 #4

None would be my guess. Tickets are $2.00,some might have bought 3 or 4. Bengus81 Sep 7 #14

I won the powerball!!! TurboDem Sep 7 #5

Same Here! Woo Hoo! tonekat Sep 7 #8

I didn't even get that! mdbl Sep 7 #10

Marble Falls doesn't live too far from Fredericksburg. Just sayin.... LeftInTX Sep 7 #6

My pals Steve from Missouri and Steve from Texas, if you sre victorious... GreenWave Sep 7 #7

dang nabbit jim kirk. i dont have enough fingers t o count that high. AllaN01Bear Sep 7 #9

Maybe the winners will help the farmers Marthe48 Sep 7 #11

For my 40th birthday (33 years ago).. rubbersole Sep 7 #12

Congratulations to the winners! Aussie105 Sep 7 #13

A disease?? LOL...sounds like what all the preachers were saying when it came to Kansas in 1987 Bengus81 Sep 7 #15

I can't think of 2 less deserving states. maxsolomon Sep 8 #16

RandiFan1290

(6,617 posts)

1. 61 62

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 06:04 AM

Sep 7

Are they still using the machine with the balls to select these numbers or are they using the 'computer generated' numbers?

I've noticed this happening frequently with the Powerball winning numbers.

bucolic_frolic

(52,521 posts)

2. Once one number is picked, there are 2 chances to pick a number on either side.

Reply to RandiFan1290 (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 06:46 AM

Sep 7

So there is an enhanced probability of consecutive numbers.

RandiFan1290

(6,617 posts)

3. Thank you for the reply!

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 07:21 AM

Sep 7

I only check out the numbers when the jackpot gets really large and I've noticed it a lot more.

wolfie001

(6,223 posts)

4. I wonder how many tens of millions emptied out their meager checking and savings accts.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 08:39 AM

Sep 7

Now they're that much poorer. Oh well.

Bengus81

(9,457 posts)

14. None would be my guess. Tickets are $2.00,some might have bought 3 or 4.

Reply to wolfie001 (Reply #4)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 08:01 PM

Sep 7

TurboDem

(336 posts)

5. I won the powerball!!!

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 08:45 AM

Sep 7

Oh wait. I only matched the powerball number so I only get $4.

tonekat

(2,366 posts)

8. Same Here! Woo Hoo!

Reply to TurboDem (Reply #5)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 01:05 PM

Sep 7

So much for my fantasy of buying my way into Canada.

mdbl

(7,449 posts)

10. I didn't even get that!

Reply to TurboDem (Reply #5)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 01:32 PM

Sep 7

I have no luck

LeftInTX

(34,006 posts)

6. Marble Falls doesn't live too far from Fredericksburg. Just sayin....

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 08:50 AM

Sep 7

GreenWave

(11,694 posts)

7. My pals Steve from Missouri and Steve from Texas, if you sre victorious...

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 10:08 AM

Sep 7

pals-o-mine.

AllaN01Bear

(27,490 posts)

9. dang nabbit jim kirk. i dont have enough fingers t o count that high.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 01:21 PM

Sep 7

Marthe48

(21,937 posts)

11. Maybe the winners will help the farmers

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 01:56 PM

Sep 7

n/t

rubbersole

(10,617 posts)

12. For my 40th birthday (33 years ago)..

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 02:35 PM

Sep 7

..my mother bought 40 single lottery tickets and taped them to a present 🎁 box containing a shirt. None of them paid. Which brought on one of her memorable quotes - "The lottery is a tax on stupid people."
I obviously didn't listen - buying $10 worth twice last week. Matched a total of 4 numbers from both tickets. Pretty stupid. State sponsored hope.

Aussie105

(7,265 posts)

13. Congratulations to the winners!

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 07:57 PM

Sep 7

May that money buy nothing but bliss and happiness.

On the Dark Side:
Lotteries are a disease. For every winner, there are thousands if not millions of financially desperate and disappointed people.

Lotteries - their success is an indicator of how desperate people are.

(I'm well off. Never felt the need to buy a lottery ticket or do any form of gambling. Fed the pokies once to see the attraction. Got bored quick.)

Bengus81

(9,457 posts)

15. A disease?? LOL...sounds like what all the preachers were saying when it came to Kansas in 1987

Reply to Aussie105 (Reply #13)

Sun Sep 7, 2025, 08:07 PM

Sep 7

People don't go BK playing the lottery or lose their homes. They play and then they don't play. I've played off and on for almost 40 years and I'm not broke, nor have I lost my home or became a multi-millionaire.

The stock market is gambling,going to a movie is gambling, going to a new restaurant is a gamble.

maxsolomon

(37,426 posts)

16. I can't think of 2 less deserving states.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Mon Sep 8, 2025, 05:31 PM

Sep 8

Hopefully the winners use the jackpot for good and not evil.

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